Re: command string to long for STRPCCMD PCCMD()

[Bruce Vining <bruce.vining@xxxxxxxxx>]

Booth,

You don't mention how long your link is, but
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/strpccmd-pccmd-parameter-limited-123-characters
mentions
support for up to 1023 byte command strings depending on your release level
(and I suspect you are using 7.2 or higher, in which case you already have
this level of support).

An earlier reply also suggested a possible environment variable work
around.  https://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200404/msg00929.html seems,
with qualifiers, to talk about that type of approach.  While i environment
variables are limited to 1024 bytes, google suggests a maximum size of 32K
for other environments with the previous link indicating the environment
variable is tied to the terminal emulator environment and not the i.

Personally I've never tried/used either, I just ran across them with
google... (read as a big disclaimer especially regarding the environment
variable maximum approach :) ).

On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 4:44 PM Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Some corner of my memory tells me there is a better way...
>
> I want to open a browser page from a 5250 session..  Until now I have
> used STRPCCMD PCCMD() and it has worked just fine.  This browser link is
> fairly long and is being truncated, so the web page is opening but not
> at the correct page.
>
>
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